Includes Saturday lunch and snack
Cary Sparks, Director of the Institute for Holotropics, will open the weekend with a talk introducing the Holotropic perspective and the principles at the heart of the work. The Holotropic Breathwork® sessions will be facilitated by an experienced team of certified practitioners.
Experience Holotropic Breathwork® with the Institute for Holotropics in a full weekend format. From Friday evening through Sunday morning, there is time for the psyche to open, for the experience to unfold, and for integration afterward, without the time commitment of a longer retreat. The weekend is suitable for those new to Holotropic Breathwork® as well as those experienced with the practice.
About Holotropic Breathwork®
Holotropic Breathwork® is a powerful approach to self-exploration and transformation developed by Stanislav and Christina Grof. Using accelerated breathing, evocative music, and a supportive setting, the practice allows participants to enter an expanded state of consciousness and engage the psyche’s natural movement toward wholeness.
Rather than directing the experience toward a particular outcome, Holotropic Breathwork® encourages us to trust our own inner process and follow where it leads.
Experiences can unfold on many levels—physical, emotional, biographical, perinatal, transpersonal, and spiritual. Participants may encounter memories, emotions, physical sensations, imagery, insights, or experiences that extend beyond their ordinary sense of themselves.
The Holotropic Shift & the Power Within
This workshop explores the central principles of holotropic work. The Holotropic Shift is a shift in perspective: from believing that answers and direction must come primarily from outside ourselves to recognizing and trusting the deeper resources within ourselves.
What happens during the weekend:
- The weekend includes preparation, experience, and integration, with sharing, art, and time to explore the experiences and insights that emerge.
- Each participant will experience Holotropic Breathwork® as a Breather and as a Sitter.
- Evocative music supports the process.
- A trained team of Holotropic Breathwork® facilitators is highly attentive throughout. Individual support may be offered when appropriate and always with the participant’s permission.
- The Sitter remains present and attentive to the breather. Participants often report that being a Sitter is as valuable as being a Breather.
No previous experience with Holotropic Breathwork® is necessary. The weekend includes preparation, experience, and integration, with sharing, art, and time to explore the experiences and insights that emerge.
Newcomers and those experienced with Holotropic Breathwork® or other expanded-state practices are welcome.
“In over ten years as director of programs at Esalen, I saw virtually every conceivable form of therapy and personal transformation, great and small…In terms of therapeutic effectiveness, Grof’s Holotropic Breathwork was by far the most powerful; there was no comparison.” ~Richard Tarnas, author of The Passion of the Western Mind
“The workshop was profoundly transformative for me, I am forever grateful for the experiences and for the new found knowledge, strength, and wisdom. Thank you.” – Simona
Approximate Schedule
Friday
5:30 to 6:30 pm – registration
6:30 – 10:00 pm – opening and preparation for experiential sessions
Saturday
8:30 am – 12:30 pm – Holotropic Breathwork® session 1
12:30 – 1:15 pm – lunch is included
1:30 – 5 pm – Holotropic Breathwork® session 2
5 – 6 pm – snack break is included
6 – 8 pm – break into small groups
Dinner is on your own
Sunday
9:30 – 10:30 am small groups
10:45 am – 1 pm large group integration and Q&A
1 pm closing – lunch is on your own
